Alfred Jacob Miller
Henry Mankin and Daughters, Alice Gardner Mankin and Sarah A. Mankin
1847-1848
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Alfred Jacob Miller
Henry Mankin and Daughters, Alice Gardner Mankin and Sarah A. Mankin
1847-1848
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, 36 7/8 × 48 1/8 in. (93.7 × 122.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Misses Mankin
Object Number
1916.1.1
Alfred Jacob Miller captured Henry Mankin, a formidable Baltimore shipping merchant, in a moment of relaxation with two of his children. The ships of the Mankin family ran between Baltimore and the ports of Europe and Asia, enabling the elegant lifestyle suggested by the sylvan background of this painting. Mankin (1804 – 1876) is shown with his daughters Alice Gardner (1840 –1907) and Sarah (1842 – 1918). Miller completed the painting in 1849, and his account book shows that he was paid $250, considerably more than the slightly earlier portrait of Mankin’s wife and youngest daughter [#8] had cost.
-David Park Curry, American Wing Reinstallation 2014
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1916; Descended through the Mankin family, Baltimore
PM, Baltimore, "The Paitings of Alfred Jacob Miller, Artist of Baltimore and the West," Jan. 8-Feb 12, 1950, n.p. (as Henry Mankin and Two Daughters)
WAG, Baltimore, Oct. 14, 1981-Jan. 10, 1982, and The Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Jan. 28-Mar. 14, 1982 "Alfred Jacob Miller: Artist of the Oregon Trail, no. 9, ill. (circulated to Cody, Wyoming)
WAG, Baltimore, Oct. 14, 1981-Jan. 10, 1982, and The Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Jan. 28-Mar. 14, 1982 "Alfred Jacob Miller: Artist of the Oregon Trail, no. 9, ill. (circulated to Cody, Wyoming)
Sona K. Johnston, "American Painting 1750-1900 from the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," 1983, pp. 104-105, ill. p. 105.
Inscribed: None
On View at the BMA
